User talk:Richardpchapman

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Hi, I have report a poiisble conflict of interest with some of your edits here - SimonLyall 05:34, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

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I hadn't realised this was such a problem. Having read the article you (Simon Lyall) pointed me to, I am clearer on the guidelines about neutrality.

Whilst it is true that the people I suggested have Wikipedia pages are my clients, both Stephanie MacLennan and James Holderness are widely known (in the UK, and in Holderness' case, around the world) and eminent in their respective fields, so I thought it may be appropriate for them to have reference pages on Wikipedia. I don't think this is unreasonable. ExAlt are offering an entirely new service in the field of private jet transport. I noted Wikipedia has a page for Netjets which is a similar business. I did not seek to promote them, merely to reference what is a new business endeavour.

I am a little unclear why Netjets would qualify for a Wikipedia page and ExAlt would not. Perhaps because of the size of their business and status as a listed company? I'd be interested to know at what point the status changes and Wikipedia listing becomes appropriate.

Overall, if my edits are considered a conflict and innappropriate, as seems to be the case, I apologise and would prefer them removed, which I see has been done anyway.

Richard Chapman, 19 March 2007
 * Stephanie MacLennan (especially) and James Holderness appear to be just one of thousands of small business owners that do not justify an article of their own. A random Hypnotherapist is not notible. NetJets is a large company with major investors that has been profiled in major magazines (such as Fortune) many times. ExAlt appears to have few media hits (even the press page only has quotes about the industry) and doesn't even launch till May 2008. Perhaps when they launch this could be reviewed. - SimonLyall 08:49, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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You clearly do not run a small business! I reckon that more information, so long as it is accurate, is better than less; but it's not me making the rules. Broadly speaking, my gist of it is, if others talk of you, you are notable, if you talk of yourself, you are not. - Richard Chapman, 21 March 2007